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Human Behavior: 3 credit hours requiredANTR 110S. Introduction to Anthropology. Lecture 3 hours;3 credits. A survey of what we know about the emergence ofhumans: where we came from; how we developed physicallyand why; how human cultures became more complex throughtime; and the variety of human ways of life today.COMM 200S. Introduction to Human Communication. Lectureand discussion 3 hours; 3 credits. An introduction to the disciplineand methods of human communication. Survey of the majorapproaches to studying communication across the range of humancommunication contexts and functions.CRJS 215S. Introduction to Criminology. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits.Introduction to criminology as a science, including the study ofcrime, criminals and society’s response to them.ECON 200S. Basic Economics. Lecture and discussion 3 hours;3 credits. The course presents an overview of the major principlesof micro- and macroeconomics. Topics include opportunity costs,supply and demand, competition and monopoly, national incomedetermination, creation of money and credit, and internationalproblems. No credit will be given to students pursuing majors inthe College of Business and Public Administration.ECON 201S. Principles of Macroeconomics. Lecture and discussion3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: qualifying math SAT/ACTscore, qualifying score on the math placement test, or completionof MATH 102M or higher. Development of the theory of supplyand demand, and their interaction in a market economy. Classical,Keynesian and monetarist explanations of infl ation andunemployment are presented and analyzed. Emphasis is placedon income determination, fi scal policy, monetary policy and theissue of government efforts to improve economic performance.ECON 202S. Principles of Microeconomics. Lecture and discussion3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: qualifying math SAT/ACTscore, qualifying score on the math placement test, or completionof MATH 102M or higher. An examination of how individualsand businesses interact in a market economy. Emphasis isplaced on consumer behavior, price and output decisions of fi rms,the economic effi ciency of the resulting allocation of society’sresources, and the gains from international trade and impact oftrade barriers.FIN 210S. Personal Financial Literacy. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits.Prerequisite: MATH 102M. This is an introductory course dealingwith various aspects of individual fi nancial decision making, withan emphasis on short- and long-term personal fi nancial planning.The course uses scenarios, practical cases and special projects toprovide concrete applications of abstract concepts.GEOG 100S. Cultural Geography. Lecture and discussion 3hours; 3 credits. This course provides a basic topical introductionto human and cultural geography. It focuses on the diversityof human societies, their distribution, characteristics and culturalimpact on the landscape. Topics include the geography of population,migration, language, religion, economic development,urbanization, resources and the political landscape.GEOG 101S. Environmental Geography. Lecture and discussion3 hours; 3 credits. A systematic study of environmental processes,issues and patterns emphasizing the interactions among peopleand their ecosystems. The course focuses on the infl uence of thephysical environment on people and the impact of people on theenvironment.POLS 100S. Introduction to International Politics. Lecture anddiscussion 3 hours; 3 credits. This course provides a basic introductionto the study of international politics. It considers some ofthe more prominent theoretical perspectives in the discipline andexamines the major political, economic, social and environmentalissues presently facing the global community. The course preparesstudents for advanced study in international politics.POLS 101S. Introduction to American Politics. Lecture anddiscussion 3 hours; 3 credits. This course introduces students tothe political processes and the institutions of American politics. Thecourse examines American political culture, gender and minorityrights, citizen participation, national institutions, public policy, andforeign and defense policy.POLS 102S. Introduction to Comparative Government andPolitics. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. This is a comparative courseof political systems of established and emerging democracies andnon-democratic states.PSYC 201S. Introduction to Psychology. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits.Introduction to the scientifi c study of psychology. The studentis introduced to fundamental terms, facts and concepts dealingwith motivation, learning, perception, intelligence, measurement,personality structure, behavior disorders, psychological developmentand social processes.PSYC 203S. Lifespan Development. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits.A broad contemporary view of the processes of development. Theinfl uences of biological and environmental factors in the developmentof personality and cognitive functioning are explored.SOC 201S. Introduction to Sociology. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits.An introduction to the discipline and methods of sociology. Majortopics include socialization, social inequality, family, education,gender roles, and ethnic and minority relations.WMST 201S. Women in a Changing World. Lecture anddiscussion 3 hours; 3 credits. An introduction to the interdisciplinaryfi eld of women’s studies drawing on materials from the socialsciences. Topics include the social construction of gender in a multiculturalsetting; the reliability of studies on the “nature” of women;cross-cultural variations in women’s lives; female health, work, andsexuality; and women’s roles in politics.20 Orientation/Preview